Word: cabineteer
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JERUSALEM: Getting Yasser Arafat and Benjamin Netanyahu to agree on Israeli troop withdrawals from the West Bank may prove easier than convincing the Israeli Parliament to approve the accord. A bitterly divided Israeli Cabinet, torn by accusations by hard-liners that Netanyahu had given away everything and got nothing in return, finally agreed to withdraw troops from the West Bank, clearing the way for a Parliamentary debate Thursday. Debate in the Israeli Cabinet was intense, described by one Israeli official as "vociferous" and held amidst "tremendous tension." Early in the day, the entire session abruptly ended after Cabinet ministers received...
...campaign he intended to honor the Oslo accords. What will be a big deal is when -- and if -- he actually implements what he has committed himself to." If Arafat and Netanyahu shake on the deal and the chief negotiators initial the agreement on Wednesday, Beyer says the Israeli cabinet and Knesset could ratify it by Thursday. Israel would then have ten days to execute the redeployment from Hebron. Under eleventh-hour negotiation is the language of a series of "notes for the record," which codify each side's remaining obligations on issues ranging from changes to the PLO charter...
...member of the Cabinet is a marvelous job, but it typically entails 12 to 15 hour days and often claims significant parts of weekends," Reich said. "It does not make for much of a balanced life...
...result of failed U.S. attempts to intervene in Bosnia and Somalia. Or perhaps apathy toward foreign issues, especially those concerning obscure refugees, do not attract our leaders' interest. During the month of November, while our country was obsessed with presidential elections, turn-overs in Congress and resigning cabinet members, dying Hutus were de-prioritized. Indifference by the government is a direct response to our own lackluster attitude, one which permeates this campus as well. Our preoccupation with immediate concerns has created the new apathy of the nineties...
...Palestinians. While Israel says it remains committed to an eventual withdrawal, the sticking point has been over when this will occur. Arafat wants a written timeline that includes pledges for continued withdrawals from the West Bank. Netanyahu insists such an agreement would never be ratified by the conservative Israeli Cabinet. But even as the two sides remain far apart, the prime minister said neither is willing to give up on peace. "The work continues," Netanyahu said, while Ross said he expects the two leaders to agree to another meeting soon...